NPB

Yakult 4, at Hanshin 0

Thursday, October 8, 2026 · Final

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

61-80-2 · W1 · #12 (1230 ELO +4)

0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 60

Hanshin Tigers

79-66-2 · L4 · #4 (1326 ELO -4)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40

Hanshin Koshien Stadium

Attendance: 42,540

Nakamura, Swallows silence Tigers at Koshien

NISHINOMIYA, Japan (Interstat) — Yuto Nakamura pitched five scoreless innings and the Yakult Swallows rode a three-run seventh to a 4-0 victory over the Hanshin Tigers on Thursday evening at Hanshin Koshien Stadium. The game drew 42,540 and took 2 hours, 49 minutes. Yakult improved to 61-80-2, while Hanshin fell to 79-63-2. Nakamura earned the win, and Easton Lucas took the loss. Nakamura, the top star for Yakult, allowed three hits across five innings. He issued two walks and struck out five. He kept Hanshin off the scoreboard and handed the game to a bullpen that finished the shutout. The… Read more...

Top Statlines

Easton Lucas HAN 5ip 2h 1er 2bb 9k
Yuto Nakamura YAK 5ip 3h 0er 2bb 5k
Keiji Takahashi YAK 2ip 1h 0er

Forecasting

ELO Probability HAN 68.8%

Projected Score YAK 7 HAN 8